Android Apocalypse
# Android Apocalypse

Android Apocalypse (also known as Facing Extinction) is a 2006 science fiction film starring Scott Bairstow and Joseph Lawrence. The film was written by Karl Schiffman and directed by Paul Ziller for Sci Fi Channel as a television film. It is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth that is ruled by androids, and explores the relationship between a human, Jute (Bairstow), and an android, DeeCee (Lawrence) who is beginning to develop emotions.

## Premise

On an android-controlled, post-apocalyptic Earth a human man named Jute (Scott Bairstow) is convicted of murdering an android. Dee-Cee (Joseph Lawrence) is an android who is beginning to develop human emotion, and is being transported to an android-run prison facility along with Jute. While in transit, their police vehicle is attacked. Jute and Dee-Cee escape and are forced into a strained alliance in order to survive in the harsh deserts of the world. As these two characters flee android authorities they stumble upon a genocidal plot being orchestrated by the leader of the androids, who hopes to rid the planet of human life forever.

## Cast

* Scott Bairstow as Jute
* Joseph Lawrence as Dee-Cee
* Chris Jericho as Tee-Dee
* Troy Skog as Varrta
* Wendy Anderson as Mrs. Carlson
* Brian Hlushko as Eric Carlson
* Mike O'Brien as Link Hamilton
* Amy Matysio as Rachael
* Shannon Jardine as Joy
* Corey Livingstone as Borka
* Anne Nahabedian as Tranc
* Aidan Simpson as Polton
* J.J. Elliott as Night Club Goer

## Distribution

Android Apocalypse was a television film produced for the Sci-Fi Channel. It was first aired on the 24th of June, 2006. Previously viewed DVD copies have been available at some Dollar Tree stores.

## Reception

Android Apocalypse was not received well by critics or the public. It was given mediocre reviews and remains fairly unpopular.

